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Nurse falls ill

BREAKING NEWS:
Shane's Nurse falls ill.

Around 6:30am, the nurse on duty took some blood from me and was filling it in the tubes. (I'm reacting to every pain relief pill at the moment.) We were talking about the earthquake, when suddenly she froze, and held the table, head down, eyes closed. I shouted to her, "Sarah, Sarah, are U ok?" Softly she replied, "I'm dizzy." She slowly knelt down and sat on the floor. I reached back and hit the "Staff Assist" button then started fanning her. Nurses came within seconds. They took her BP etc. Her complexion went from white to WHITE. Sweating like anything. Porters wheelchaired her down to ED. Last I heard, she was waiting to be seen by the Docs downstairs. (Few of the nurses have a theory that she's pregnant). Pray she's alright.

-- Sent from my mobile device

Shane

Let's play, Guess the Monash Meal!

Clockwise from left to right.
Is it:
A. Steamed carrots, lasagne with cream sauce, mashed potato
B. Steamed carrots, gratinated fish, mashed potato
C. Steamed carrots, creamed tuna bake, mashed potato
D. Steamed carrots, mashed potato, mashed potato

The correct answer is B. Although A, C and D would've also been acceptable ;-) Can any human being eat that?? Well, apparently YES. Oh, and fyi, I didn't order it. Every morning, when I go for my shower (which I prefer over an assisted sponge bath. Trust me, movies aren't real.) the affectionally-known 'kitchen lady' takes my menu when I'm never here. But the other choices were pretty average anyway: Chicken Masala (Hello!! Don't insult me) and Potato Pie & Button Mushrooms. Let me get this straight: I have never, and I mean NEVER enjoyed hospital food. I must've sampled every possible combination Monash has to offer. I know its food and that we should "eat to live not live to eat", and people in Africa don't get food.. I don't want 5-Star meals fit for a king, but these meals aren't fit for even the king's dhobi-wala*. Yeah, good ol' Mum brings me home-cooked meals daily. She does way too much for me. Tonight, its Puri and pumpkin findi-style. God Bless You Mum! :-D

*a launderer, who collects your clothes, takes it to the local river, beats it on rocks, rinses AND irons your attire for 10 cents a piece. You may find that you're missing the odd shirt or five, but at that price in this global recession, its worth it.

My Nurse is a Terminator

Why I think my Nurse is a Terminator:

1. She walks like a robot.
2. She doesn't smile.
3. She doesn't seem to breathe.
4. Her tone is very monotonous.
5. Before she enters our room, she stands at the entrance and "scans"
the room from left to right. Its f**king scary.
6. She writes super-fast.
7. I'll buzz her to ask for something, she'll come up to my bed, pull
the curtain, I'll tell her what I need, she turns around, walks off,
then returns promptly within 2 mins on the dot without saying a word.
8. She doesn't blink.
9. She's asian and actually says, "I be back."

--
Sent from my mobile device

Shane

Spider-Man 3

There's not a lot you can do while admitted in hospital. So I'm gonna review the movies I watched during my stay here. Starting off with Spider-Man 3, this installment of the Spidey-Series has everything, and maybe a bit too much of everything. Its a big movie, but not big enough for both Sandman and Venom. Otherwise, the acting is superb, except for Harry Osbourne's (played by James Franco) "happy" moments. You know what I'm talking about. My biggest gripe is the composer. I'm sorry I forgot your name Sir. Danny Elfman scored the previous two installments and blended it beautifully with the on-screen action. This new guy came up with a bunch of new themes, but it seems that he had to redo a lot of his work at a later stage due to producers saying, "we need more of the old themes." Apparently Danny collaborated with the new guy to give the score some familiarity. Hollywood. Anyway, the action's amazing. The CGI is "wicked-cool" and I want a Black Spidey suit. Yeah, I know I don't have the body for it, but that is one very, very slick outfit. Good values, great effects, disappointing soundtrack. 7/10

Saawariya

I haven't been able to sleep since 4am. The nurse came, took my obs and left. I turned on the tv to see what was on. Am shocked and amazed to see Saawaria on Showtime right now. Been wanting to see it for ages. So far, its good. Production quality is nothing short of amazing. But why this movie, today, now? Someone upstairs is surely keeping me entertained..

Edit: Ok, so I've seen the whole flick. Its worthy of being seen at least once, if not for at least Rani Mukherji's acting. I won't bother with a synopsis here. Wiki it. But this was the first Bollywood movie to be produced and released by a major Hollywood studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment. Saawariya "looks" great. Visually its stunning. Cool colours, amazing lighting. Its more "style over substance" though, which is probably why it was a worldwide flop. But hey, its on Blu-Ray. Worth a look.

Cyberdyne Systems Model 3000

This li'l terminator is what the fluid goes through. At a rate of 198mL/hr, plus with all the juice, milk and water I'm drinking on top of that, one can imagine how often I'm runnin' to the dunny daily. My kidneys are working overtime. Too bad the li'l buggers aren't getting paid :-P

Let the fluids begin

So this is what I get infused with during a crisis. Its saline with sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrochloride and glucose. Or for those playing at home, salt water, baking soda and sugar. The actual compounds consist of:
- 7.3mL 20% NaCl
- 10.0mL 8.4% NaHCO3
- 5% Glucose
in 1 litre of saline. This specific combination is intravenously given at a rate of 3mL/kg/hr. Its supposed to rehydrate the body as (in my case anyway) I get extremely dehydrated during the initial stages of a crisis. It also restores the body's sodium content, theoretically "reversing" the sickling. Typically, if I'm in for a week, and each bag lasts 6 hours, then I'll go through almost 30 litres of fluid a week.

Sickle-cell crisis

It ain't easy living with a blood disorder. But I know for a fact that if I were living in Fiji, I would've been dead a long time ago. This Tuesday, I got my first sickle-cell crisis for the year. Right knee, hip and chest. Doc cannulated on elbow of left arm. Haven't moved or bent that arm since Tues arvo. Got here by 3pm, was seen in less than 15 mins, and up to Ward 44 South Bed 57 for my stay. God, I so missed this place :-P

Snowy

She's such a poser.

Its all in the mind

I was talking to the lady next door. She's been diagnosed with lung
cancer, and her chemotherapy starts this afternoon. But going against
everyone, she's still smoking. She spends over $150 a week on smokes
and isn't trying to cut it down. She said something very interesting:
"Everytime I see those Quit ads or I hear people talking about how
they used to smoke and stopped, I go and light up again. Its not gonna
change. Its showing my kids what they shouldn't do..."

She just stepped out for one. Has about 14 over lunch. Its
extreme..the old guy across the room looked at the nurse and said,
"Its all in the mind."

Its so easy to start a habit, but after a while, to change it becomes
very difficult. So powerful is this mind. Imagine what we can do with
it :-)

--
Sent from my mobile device

Shane

Fearless Leaders

Uncles Ratna and Ramesh at the Unity Birthday meeting yesterday. Busy year ahead...

Extra Large Dosa

There's this new "Idli" joint near Caroline Springs that just opened last week. Its a family-run business and their hospitality is very homely. Ironically, we didn't have any idli's but I did have two Sambar Vadai's and this - an extra large masala dosa. By far, I have to rate it the BEST I've had in Melbourne. Beats Paradise and Namaskar any day. We need to get them to relocate around this side of town..

Youth Study Circle

Today's Altar was made by Shradha. You could feel pure Love just by looking at it. Different. Today's Study Circle was based on Mind Control. Interesting topic. What is the mind? Mind is a bundle of thoughts.

Boys' Night Out

Before Mafia. Before cherades. Before Truth or Dare. Before the "Dance". This is what we got up to. We Love our Wii ;-)

Backstreet Brothers

Same guys, but now they have a Record deal :-P

Distorted Boys

From left: Ashwin, Ritesh, Shymal, Kaushik, Rhuben

Peter and the Ewe

Mate, are you sure you've never fired one of these things before?